The war room, the street: 2 responses to Baltimore violence
By JULIET LINDERMAN There are only three rules at the Kids Safe Zone: Sign in, clean up after yourself, and read for 15 minutes before playing with the toys stacked…
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Deputy ambushed, fatally shot at Houston gas station
By JUAN A. LOZANO The search for the suspect in the death of a uniformed sheriff’s deputy who was shot several times while filling up his patrol car at a…
Vatican says ex-envoy, charged with sexual abuse, has died
By NICOLE WINFIELD The Vatican’s former ambassador to the Dominican Republic, the highest-ranking Holy See official to ever be charged with sexually abusing young boys, was found dead Friday as…
Bangladesh arrests 2 more suspects in blogger’s killing
By JULHAS ALAM Police in Bangladesh have arrested two more suspected members of a banned militant group thought to be behind the slaying of a secular blogger in the fourth…
Venezuela’s Maduro vows to extend Colombian border crackdown
By JOSHUA GOODMAN Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro vowed to extend a crackdown on illegal migrants from neighboring Colombia he blames for rampant crime and widespread shortages, while authorities across the…
Less-lethal weapons get new interest amid police shootings
By DENISE LAVOIE Police in more than 20 North American cities are testing the latest in less-lethal alternatives to bullets — “blunt impact projectiles” that cause suspects excruciating pain but…
Oklahoma politician killed by son with wife nearby
By SEAN MURPHY A man charged with killing his father, who was Oklahoma’s labor commissioner, repeatedly stabbed him with a large kitchen knife in the neck and head at a…
France: 2 Americans subdue gunman on high-speed train
By GREG KELLER A gunman opened fire on a high-speed train traveling from Amsterdam to Paris on Friday, wounding two people before two American passengers subdued him, officials said. French…